Friday, April 29, 2016

VGS Latest News & Tips: 29 April 2016

Free DNA Discoveries from GEDmatch.com:
Young Savvy Genealogists
"GEDmatch.com is a website which allows users from each of these testing companies to upload their DNA test results. No matter where you live or which of the testing companies has performed your test, GEDmatch.com is free for you to use. You are then placed into a database, which includes users from each of the major testing companies."
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Never Satisfied... The Lure of DNA
Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist
"So The Legal Genealogist picked up some new cousins this week. Well, not exactly new, of course, but newly discovered, thanks to DNA."
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Remembrance: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive:
Ancestry
"Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer convinced me a while ago that our relationship with food is important to understand because it represents so much more than sustenance. His grandmother’s chicken with carrots wasn’t delicious simply because she prepared it a certain way."
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Windows Defender and a Malware-Free System:
How-to-Geek
"In this lesson we are going to talk about one of the most confusing security products that are bundled with Windows: Windows Defender."
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This Day In History: 29 April
1852: The first edition of Peter Roget’s Thesaurus is published.
1861: The Maryland House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union.
1918: America’s WWI Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker, scores his first victory with the help of Captain James Norman Hall.
1863 Birthday: William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher.


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